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Controversial Swiss parliamentarian Thomas Minder, who spearheaded the popular initiative against “rip-off” executive compensation, is not happy about what transpired after the initiative passed in 2013. In an interview with CNNMoney Switzerland, he complains about slow parliamentary procedures, concluding that “Bern is sleeping” when it comes to implementation.

Nearly half of family entrepreneurs want to pass on their life's work to a relative, says Marco Tremonte, director at PwC Switzerland. The handover— whether it turns out to be internal or external—can be a difficult process for all involved. For small-to-medium enterprises in particular, the stakes are high, as 14 of them shut down every day because a suitable successor can't be found.

It's not just Switzerland that's giving the dice another roll when it comes to gambling laws. Last week the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for all states to legalize sports betting. CNN's sports business correspondent Ahiza Garcia brings us the latest developments.

On June 10, the Swiss will vote on a referendum to fight a new law that allows domestic casinos to offer online gambling while blocking foreign online gambling providers. Supporters of the referendum describe the law as “state censorship of the internet.” Ana Maria Montero caught up with Swico CEO Jean-Marc Hensch on why he backs the referendum in the name of internet freedom.

Switzerland is getting into soap. Not the kind you clean with, but rather, the ones you watch on TV. And it's being broadcast right now in countries such as Morocco, Iran, and even Syria. Tanya König has more on why the country is big on the small screens of the Middle East.

The Matterhorn may be hundreds of miles from Windsor, but that hasn’t stopped Swiss businesses from profiting on the royal wedding between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. CNNMoney Switzerland's Olivia Chang takes a closer look at the surging demand for scones, British cheese, and Markle's biography.

Iran, a country with 80 million potential consumers, is an attractive market for Swiss companies, especially in pharma, infrastructure, and finance. Hope was high after the lifting of the embargo in 2016, but Donald Trump's decision to quit the Iran nuclear deal has complicated business matters. For the banking and financial sectors in Switzerland it's a missed opportunity, says CIO of Prime Partners and Iran specialist François Savary.

In an interview with CNNMoney Switzerland, Sanaz Habibian of the law firm Dr. Eschmann Rechtsanwälte talks about the complexities Swiss companies face after U.S. President Donald Trump's withdrawal from the nuclear deal.

Adrian Aebi, head of international affairs at the agriculture ministry, explains that Switzerland would lose its competitive edge if EFTA did not follow the European Union in concluding a free trade agreement with Mercosur. While the deal is being criticized by the Swiss Farmers' Union as potentially "sacrificing" Swiss agriculture in favor of other sectors, Aebi assures critics that markets would not be opened completely. He says an agreement would add only "a little more" to the existing 3500 tons of beef imports from the South American area, with some 2000 tons more of the product.

Beat Röösli, head of international affairs at the Swiss Farmers' Union, says the agricultural sector does not want to be sacrificed in a potential free trade agreement with Mercosur. He regrets that the government has left his organization out of domestic strategy talks to liberalize the market. The farmers' union is concerned that cheap meat from South America may put Swiss cattle workers out of business.

The CEOs and chairmen of Swiss companies lead the pack when it comes to management salaries in Europe. According to Michael Kramarsch of HKP Group, the reason is that international investors tend to care more about the mechanisms behind the payments than about the compensation itself.

Controversial Swiss parliamentarian Thomas Minder, who spearheaded the popular initiative against “rip-off” executive compensation, is not happy about what transpired after the initiative passed in 2013. In an interview with CNNMoney Switzerland, he complains about slow parliamentary procedures, concluding that “Bern is sleeping” when it comes to implementation.

Arturo Bris, director of the IMD World Competitiveness Center, and Zhou Qing Dahinden, president of the Swiss Chinese Enterprise, react to President Trump speech in Davos. They say trade barriers don’t generate economic development.

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